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Ronald McNair (kumanzere), Guion Bluford (pakati) ndi Frederick D. Gregory (kumanja) anali atatu oyambirira African-American astronauts kupita mumlengalenga. Bluford anakhala munthu wachiwiri wa ku Africa, ndipo woyamba African American, mu mlengalenga, monga gawo la STS-8 mishoni, yomwe inayamba pa August 30, 1983. Iye anali NASA katswiri wa mishoni pa maulendo ena atatu Space Shuttle: STS-61-A, STS-39 ndi STS-53. McNair anakhala wachiwiri wa ku America wa ku America kupita mumlengalenga, monga katswiri wa mishoni pa STS-41-B, yomwe inayambika pa February 3, 1984. Anamwalira pa ntchito yake yachiwiri, STS-51 Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster pa January 28, 1986. Gregory anali woyamba African American kuyendetsa Space Shuttle, mkati mwa STS-51-B, yomwe inayambika pa April 29, 1985. Anakhala mission yoyamba, African American kulamulira mu Africa American kulamula. STS-33, komanso anali mkulu wa STS-44.
Chithunzichi chikuwonetsa oyenda mumlengalenga atatu mu 1978, chaka chomwe adasankhidwa kukhala mamembala a NASA Astronaut Group 8, pamodzi ndi ena makumi atatu ndi awiri.Photograph credit: NASA; restored by Coffeeandcrumbs